Germany, Heer. An M40 Em/Nco’s Tropical Field Cap Hold with the gilding and silver

with the gilding and silver wash on the badge well preserved

inscribed in black ink with the "Eugen Schmidhäussler

1914-15 Star (E

division patch and five shillings were later sent to her

“RZM 17”

Germany, Heer. An M40 Em/Nco’s Tropical Field Cap Hold with the gilding and silver(Heer Afrikamtze). A very well preserved Heer EM NCOs tropical field cap, constructed of khaki coloured cotton twill. The cap is fully surrounded by a decorative side panel, held in place by a row of machine stitching. It is flanked on each side by dual ventilation holes, reinforced with zink eyelets. Stitched into the peak is an insignia in the form of a silver grey machine embroidered Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, set on a